Went looking for crappie again at Lewis and Clark at the docks. Did not find any again but found more small pike. They loved these jigging raps. I also saw a group out in middle of bay on a small hump catch Cisco and a large 13lb pike.
12.22.2020
12.19.2020 Pike!
Tried to find crappie on the docks at Lewis and Clark but instead found schools of minnows and a lot of small of small pike. Was a lot of fun. Also caught a lake white fish.
9.22.2020 Tobacco
Drum were put in force today! Caught idk how many plus managed enough smaller walleye. All were at Tobacco area,which was murkier than the other side but got nothing there.
Hunts Along Bay 7.11.20
Took the boat out of 4 bears down to Hunts Along bay today for the first time looking for smallies. Did not find many of them, 3 total on the day, but did catch a lot of 12-16 inch walleye in 9 to 12 ft of water on spinners and worms. Also lots of small pike. Water was stained but not bad. It was also a large fishing tourney today where they did catch bigger fish so just gotta find them.
We kept 6 of those smaller eyes, along with a drum, 2 white bass, 1 smallmouth, 2 perch.
6.21.20 father’s day!
Father’s Day! Went to Van hook this time and fished the northern most part of the arm and the west side. Learned some things,caught some fish, including 3 catfish on rattletraps! Biggest was a pike at 10 lbs.
Water was not as clear as I thought it would be and the river portion we drove over looked pretty muddy too but I’m not sure.
Fishing flooded ditches 6/9/20
Fished the flooded ditches around the lewis and Clark management areas. The river is just above flood stage and the current is flowing through them readily. Fished near a culvert outflow and caught tons of carp and catfish! Most were really nice sized. All the fish were caught with worms.
Paddlefishing 2020
Late weird year, thanks to Covid 19 there was no keep this year and it didn’t start till the 15th. However thanks to a later spring start fish were running strong! I managed to get 2 this year, both around 40 to 50 lbs
5.2.20 Amanda’s big walleye
Took the boat out with amanda, was a nice 70 degree day but was pretty windy. Water temp was 52 degrees. We only got 1 walley in 8 ft of water on a green Lindy minnow and that was this 7 lb whopper for amanda. Otherwise we caught some small pike and white bass. Was pretty slow for everyone it seemed.
4.27.20 Pike at Lewis and Clark
Haley and I finally managed to get on some pike at Lewis and Clark today. She got her biggest fish at 12lbs and we got a lot of smaller ones too. Also some white bass. The next day was the same. Also 2 nice cat fish were caught, 1 each day.
We were down near the marina on the shallow side of the bay, seemed like some good action there. Water temp was around 50 degrees.
4.21.20 Lunds
Went back to lunds again on the 19th and got next to nothing. It was colder and sunny. Today though it was our first 70 degree and warm day with warmer windy days the last 3 and it paid off! I must have caught 20 white bass and a 20 inch walleye. Rooke also got a nice 8 lb pike.
I also got my first pike on the fly!! And on my fly